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i'm candy crowley in washington. head to cnn.com/sotu for analysis and extras. if you missed any part of today's show find us on itunes. "fareed zakaria gps" starts now. >> this is "gps," the global public square. welcome to all of you in the united states and around the world. i'm fareed zakaria. the start of the sochi olympics is almost upon us, and we don't know who will get the gold, but we do know that geopolitics could complicate the games. i asked henry kissinger to help us understand the violence next door in ukraine and whether russia might actually do something to stop it. i also talk to valery gergiev, russia's greatest conductor. ♪ >> and a close friend of vladimir putin about the games and about global concerns about russia's record on gay rights. ♪ >>> but we will start where president obama left off in the state of the union. inequality in america, just how bad it is, and is it fixable? i have a great panel to tackle all that plus janet yellen's first day on the job. >>> also, we're always talking these days about how we should learn from chin
i'm candy crowley in washington. head to cnn.com/sotu for analysis and extras. if you missed any part of today's show find us on itunes. "fareed zakaria gps" starts now. >> this is "gps," the global public square. welcome to all of you in the united states and around the world. i'm fareed zakaria. the start of the sochi olympics is almost upon us, and we don't know who will get the gold, but we do know that geopolitics could complicate the games. i asked henry...
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cardioviva. . >>> i'm candy crowley in washington with a check of the headlines. the obama administration is expanding federal benefits for married same-sex couples. attorney general eric holder says the expansion will include 34 states where same-sex marriage is not legal, but apply only to areas where the feds have jurisdiction. that means same-sex marriages will now be recognized in matters involving survivor benefits, bankruptcies and prison visits. >>> a u.n. convoy trying to deliver food and medicine in the besieged syrian city of homs was attacked. some of the aid was not delivered because u.n. workers were forced to flee shelling and gunfire during the saturday incident. syrian state tv says 65 civilians, all women, children and senior citizens, have since been evacuated from homs. >>> the sister of an american man held in north korea says she is deeply concerned about her brother's condition. kenneth bae is back at a labor camp after being released from a hospital. bae's sister says she is devastated by the news and a new social media campaign called brin
cardioviva. . >>> i'm candy crowley in washington with a check of the headlines. the obama administration is expanding federal benefits for married same-sex couples. attorney general eric holder says the expansion will include 34 states where same-sex marriage is not legal, but apply only to areas where the feds have jurisdiction. that means same-sex marriages will now be recognized in matters involving survivor benefits, bankruptcies and prison visits. >>> a u.n. convoy...
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for more go to cnn.com/fareed and read my "washington post" column this week. let's get started. >>> the war of words in asia is getting so strong you might be excused if you thought that there might soon be a war of more than words. just three weeks ago, the prime minister of japan shinzo abe compared japan and china to the state of relations between germany and the united kingdom just before the outbreak of world war i and last week president aquino of the philippines compared china's ambitions in the south china seas to adolf hitler's of the sudan land in czechoslovakia in 1938. is this rhetoric or reality. to help us sort this out joining me in new york is elizabeth economy the council on foreign relations senior fellow for asian studies and co-author of "by all means necessary" how china's resource quest is changing the world and evan osnos is a staff writer at "the new yorker" and was the correspondent for the last eight years, now based in d.c. and he joins us from there. so liz, the china/japan situation seems pretty bad. the japanese prime minister has
for more go to cnn.com/fareed and read my "washington post" column this week. let's get started. >>> the war of words in asia is getting so strong you might be excused if you thought that there might soon be a war of more than words. just three weeks ago, the prime minister of japan shinzo abe compared japan and china to the state of relations between germany and the united kingdom just before the outbreak of world war i and last week president aquino of the philippines...
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so karzai might be playing an erratic game of brinksmanship in his negotiations with washington, but he might also be trying to navigate a post-american afghanistan. while american troops might well remain and some american aid will continue, afghanistan is going to look very different in 2015 than it does today. consider these fact from a highly intelligent forthcoming book "war front to store front" by paul brinkley. in 2009, afghanistan had a nominal gdp of $10 billion. of that number, 60% was foreign aid. 30% was the cultivation of poppy and the production of raw heroin which is informal and underground. that leaves 10% of the economy, $1 billion, of self-sustaining legitimate economic activity. during the same year, the united states military spent $4 billion per month to protect a country with a real annual economic output of $1 billion. kabul is a metaphor for the country, brinkley said to me. it is a city sized for 500,000 people. it has grown to 8 million. who have been drawn to the city by the massive influx of foreign money, military and nonmilitary. but that money is goin
so karzai might be playing an erratic game of brinksmanship in his negotiations with washington, but he might also be trying to navigate a post-american afghanistan. while american troops might well remain and some american aid will continue, afghanistan is going to look very different in 2015 than it does today. consider these fact from a highly intelligent forthcoming book "war front to store front" by paul brinkley. in 2009, afghanistan had a nominal gdp of $10 billion. of that...
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western observers were despairing and assigning blame for all that happened from washington to the european union. and then things started to change. president yanukovych and the opposition made a deal, brokered by the europeans, calling for a coalition government, national elections, and a new constitution. but even that was not enough for the protesters who have managed to achieve change much faster, ousting the president and beginning the process of transformation right away. in this long and complex situation, it is the people on the street who have shown determination, courage and persistence. now what has to be cautious, everything we know about these kinds of revolutions is that this is the thrilling moment which is often followed by turmoil, tension, violence, and chaos. this is going to be particularly true in ukraine which is riddled with corruption and in many ways is on the brink of economic collapse. the opposition will have to act with wisdom and include those whom it despises including the supporters of yanukovych. russia will not allow ukraine to slip from its grasp. russian
western observers were despairing and assigning blame for all that happened from washington to the european union. and then things started to change. president yanukovych and the opposition made a deal, brokered by the europeans, calling for a coalition government, national elections, and a new constitution. but even that was not enough for the protesters who have managed to achieve change much faster, ousting the president and beginning the process of transformation right away. in this long...